[Leica] OT Chateau d'y Quem and wine tasting.

[topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)]

Mark,

Enjoy your birthday treat. Three Choirs is only down the road from 
Cheltenham. If you like fizz, then try the Nyetimber vintage English 
'champagne'; it's not cheap, but consistently beats grand marque champagnes 
in blind tastings. It's one of my favourite bottles of fizz and even the 
Queen serves it at Buckingham Palace!

Best wishes,

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham, UK

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On 5 Apr 2010, at 09:36, Mark Pope wrote:

> I have only tasted Chateau d'y quem on one occasion, which was my fortieth 
> birthday.  That was a long time ago, as my fiftieth is approaching 
> fast...A week today in fact...
> 
> We had friends around for lunch yesterday and had 1996 Coteaux de Layon 
> Saint-Aubin with the tarte-aux pommes that I made for dessert.  This is a 
> dessert wine from the Loire Valley and I think I prefer these wines to the 
> Bordeaux offerings.  The d'y Quem was very good, but I guess it's like 
> hifi, Leicas and other things, where the law of diminishing returns  comes 
> into play.
> 
> We were in France for my fortieth and our friend (who had six bottles of 
> D'y Quem) took us out to a number of Chateaux on the Loire for some 
> tastings.  My favourite was one called Chateau de Chamboureau, where we 
> bought some 1997 Savennieres, some of which I still have.  It should keep 
> for a few years yet.
> 
> The chateau was delightfully low-tech, and the wines were to die for. We 
> also went to another much larger chateau - Chateau le Fesles (I think), 
> where the wines were good, but it was a much slicker, high-tech operation, 
> which held less appeal for me.
> 
> Happy memories!
> 
> For my fiftieth, we're going to stay on a vineyard in Gloucestershire 
> called the Three Choirs.  English wines are sniffed at by many, but they 
> produce some very pleasant 'quaffing' wine at the Three Choirs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Pope,
> Swindon, Wilts
> UK
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